a. [ Citric + aconitic. ] Pertaining to, derived from, or having certain characteristics of, citric and aconitic acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

Citraconic acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, C3H4(CO2H)2, obtained by distillation of citric acid. It is a compound of the ethylene series. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Math.) A conic section. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. conique. See Cone. ] 1. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conic section (Geom.), a curved line formed by the intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane. The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though not generally included. --
Conic sections, that branch of geometry which treats of the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. --
Conical pendulum. See Pendulum. --
Conical projection, a method of delineating the surface of a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the surface of a cone; -- much used by makers of maps in Europe. --
Conical surface (Geom.), a surface described by a right line moving along any curve and always passing through a fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Conicalness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the form of a cone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State or quality of being conical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Conic. ] A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico-hemispherical; conico-subulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Conic + -oid. ] (Math.) Same as Conoidal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Conic sections. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; saffron. ] 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling saffron; having the color of saffron; as, croconic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to, or derived from, croconic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Croconic acid (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance, C5O3(OH)2, obtained from potassium carboxide, rhodizonic acid, and various phenol and quinone derivatives of benzene, and forming yellow or orange colored salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gluconic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, obtained as a colorless, sirupy liquid, by the oxidation of glucose; -- called also maltonic acid, and dextronic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Glutaric + aconitic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a kind of verse, so called from its inventor, Glycon. ] (Pros.) Consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in Greek and Latin poetry. -- n. (Pros.) A glyconic verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, images, pictures, or representations of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From aconitic, by transposition of the letters. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C5H6O4, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by decomposing aconitic and other organic acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The unsaturated dicarboxylic acid CH2=C(COOH)CH2.COOH, also called methylenesuccynic acid and propylene dicarboxylic acid. [ PJC ]

{ } a. [ L. Laconicus Laconian, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;, fr. &unr_;&unr_; a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, or Spartan: cf. F. laconique. ] 1. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; concise; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form. [ 1913 Webster ]

I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

His sense was strong and his style laconic. Welwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching. [ 1913 Webster ]

His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that laconical discipline pleased him well. Bp. Hall.

Syn. -- Short; brief; concise; succinct; sententious; pointed; pithy. -- Laconic, Concise. Concise means without irrelevant or superfluous matter; it is the opposite of diffuse. Laconic means concise with the additional quality of pithiness, sometimes of brusqueness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Laconism. [ Obs. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Laconic, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a laconic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Laconism. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Leuc- + croconic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid, obtained as a yellowish white gum by the oxidation of croconic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; belonging to the poppy, fr. &unr_; the poppy: cf. F. méconique. ] Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium; specif. (Chem.), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mes- + -aconic, as in citraconic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, one of several isomeric acids obtained from citric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mucic + itaconic. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid (C6H6O4, 2-4-hexadienedoic acid), obtained indirectly from mucic acid, and somewhat resembling itaconic acid. Various other means of synthesis have been reported. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ } a. [ Pref. ob- + conic, conical. ] Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. para- + aconitic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained as a deliquescent white crystalline substance, and isomeric with itaconic, citraconic, and mesaconic acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Plano- + conical. ] Plane or flat on one side, and conical on the other. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Poly- + conic. ] Pertaining to, or based upon, many cones. [ 1913 Webster ]

Polyconic projection (Map Making), a projection of the earth's surface, or any portion thereof, by which each narrow zone is projected upon a conical surface that touches the sphere along this zone, the conical surface being then unrolled. This projection differs from conic projection in that latter assumes but one cone for the whole map. Polyconic projection is that in use in the United States coast and geodetic survey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geom.) A nonplane curve formed by the intersection of the surface of an oblique cone with the surface of a sphere whose center is at the vertex of the cone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Slightly conical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Geol.) Designating, or pertaining to, the series of rocks forming the Taconic mountains in Western New England. They were once supposed to be older than the Cambrian, but later proved to belong to the Lower Silurian and Cambrian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Terebic + citraconic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with citraconic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, containing, or resembling, zirconium; as, zirconic oxide; zirconic compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Zirconic acid, an acid of zirconium analogous to carbonic and silicic acids, known only in its salts. [ 1913 Webster ]